Texas GOP Vote

Texas Republicans and conservatives have a choice this year. The questions I ask when deciding where to start include:  Read more »

A Texas Tribune focus group of undecided voters watches the January 29, 2010 GOP Gubernatorial Debate between Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina. Their reactions are in the video below. Here are my reactions to their reactions:
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In a word, NO! Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently gave a report on the state of the economy. It makes for scary reading if you are in any business other than those the Fed deemed too big to fail i.e. wall street, the big banks, and insurance companies involved in insuring off the wall derivatives.  Read more »

It's been said that all politics is local and city elections prove it. This is government closest to its citizens and it impacts all of our daily lives more than the State of Texas or the Federal Government combined. This is a good thing, because government closest to the people is most accountable to the people.  Read more »

Don't be fooled by the so called "Baucus compromise on health care" named for Democratic Senator Max Baucus. It is the old Pelosi plan with new make-up and a few minor changes.

Replacing a government based plan to allegedly compete with insurance with a co-op makes no real difference. The plan still blows a large hole in the debt of the government and most importantly, it does not address the problems of the present system.  Read more »

Well it seems the rats are jumping ship on Obamacare. The left is enraged at the seeming abandonment of the public option and the apparent secret deals with the pharmaceutical industry and the medical insurance lobby.  Read more »